Nirrti

Treacherous and amoral, the Goa'uld Nirrti was regarded as a goddess of darkness and destruction in ancient Hindu culture. She was once a powerful System Lord, but was cast out by the other System Lords when she nearly threw their relationship with the Asgard into chaos by making a play for Cronus' territory. During a summit at the S.G.C. Nirrti used advanced phase-shift technology to become invisible, allowing her to try and kill Cronus and throw the blame on Teal'c. Instead, Nirrti was apprehended.

Nirrti is believed to be responsible for wiping out all but one of the inhabitants of the planet designated P8X-987, plus four members of the S.G.C. On this planet, Hanka, Nirrti had spent years conducting genetic experiments on the human population in an attempt to engineer a hok'taur – a genetically advanced human host. She believed that taking a host with abilities like telekinesis and telepathy would make her more powerful than ever.

When the S.G.C. made contact with Hanka, Nirrti wiped them out for fear that the other System Lords would discover her experiments. She implanted a naquadah bomb within the lone survivor, a young girl named Cassandra, in a failed attempt to blow up Earth's Stargate.